This is a week of origins, and we start off with how the King's Candles got their name.
Ep. 1079 - The Topaz Story Book - Lost: The Summer; By the Wayside
Today we round out the week with two short poems from "The Topaz Story Book".
Ep. 1078 - The Topaz Story Book - The Story of the Opal
Today's fairytale is an origin story for the opal, but also an extremely sad love story between two fairies.
Ep. 1077 - The Topaz Story Book - The Gay Little King
'The Gay Little King' is the story of the adventures of a young boy named Jaimie and a little maple, transformed into the little king.
Ep. 1076 - The Topaz Story Book - The Shet-Up Posy
'The Shet-Up Posy' is just as much about capturing the regionality of US folklore as it is about recognizing your own inner beauty.
Ep. 1075 - The Topaz Story Book - Lady White and Lady Yellow
'Lady White and Lady Yellow' is the story of two chrysanthemums, one of whom becomes the crest of the Daimyo.
Ep. 1074 - The Topaz Story Book - The Pumpkin Giant
'The Pumpkin Giant' is an outstandingly silly tale of the origin of the pumpkin, and the perfect beginning to Halloween week!
Ep. 1073 - The Topaz Story Book - Jack Frost
In today's poem from "The Topaz Story Book", Gabriel Setoun brings us a different side of Jack Frost than we're used to seeing.
Ep. 1072 - The Topaz Story Book - Winter's Herald
'Winter's Herald' is my absolute favorite story to tell at the beginning of autumn. A story of the warnings of the first frost and of neighborly compassion, it's the perfect October folktale.
Ep. 1071 - The Topaz Story Book - The Sickle Moon
"It is a quaint and pretty tale | Six hundred summers old, | When in the green Tyrolean vale, | The peasant folk is told."
- 'The Sickle Moon', A Tyrolean Harvest Legend